[mythtv-users] Storage space and PVR-250

[Garry Cook]

On 4/13/05, Derek Tattersall <tatters at newsguy.com> wrote:
> I just set up a mythtv box using a pvr-250 as the capture card. I
> scheduled a recording of a 1/2 hour tv show, and it worked well. When I
> played back the recording it looked great. So far so good. However that
> 1/2 hour recording takes up 13gb on my disk. I would like to find a more
> efficient way to store recordings even if I have to sacrifice some
> quality.
> 
> How do I set up mythtv to reencode the recordings to a more space
> efficient format?
> 
> Which format should I use? I want to be able to view the recordings
> across an 802.11b wireless link.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Derek Tattersall

Search the docs and the archives for transcoding options. I'm still
learning about this myself, so I can't offer much more than that.
However, I can tell you that my PVR-250s and PVR-500 encode at about
2.2Gb/hour, so you might have an issue that is causing your files to
be too large.
As for the wireless, from everything that I've read it sounds like you
really don't want to use anything less than 802.11g.

-- Garry